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This book provides clear and concise information about microorganisms, how to identify them, how they cause infection, and the preventive measures to be employed. Diagnosis and treatment of various microbial diseases have been also briefly discussed. The book encompasses the relevant basic knowledge of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology and entomology with reference to the Indian context. 

Table of Contents

SECTION A: GENERAL SECTION

1. Organization Of The Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Quality Assurance

2. Computers In Medical Microbiology

3. Safety In The Microbiology Laboratory

4. Laboratory Strategy In The Diagnosis Of Infective Syndromes

5. Specimen Collection Culture Containers And Media

6. Culture Of Bacteria

7. Tests For The Indentification Of Bacteria

8. Laboratory Control Of Antimicrobial Therapy

9. Some Serological Techniques For Microbial And Viral Infections.

10. Nucleic Acid Techniques In Diagnostic Micriobiology

SECTION B: BACTERIA AND RELATED ORGANISMS

11. Staphylococcus: Cluster-Forming Grampositive Cocci

12. Streptococcus And Entercoccus

13. Streptococcus Pneumoniae

14. Neisseria, Moraxella, Acinetobacter

15. Corynebacterium

16. Listeria, Erysipelothrix

17. Bacillus

18. Mycobacterium

19. Actinomycetes: Actinomyces, Actinomadura, Nocardia, Streaptomyces And Related Genera

20. Enterobacteriaceae: Escherichia, Klebsiella, Proteus And Other Genera

21. Salmonella

22. Shigella

23. Pseudomonsas, Stenotrophomonas Burkholderia

24. Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacer, Wolinella

25. Haempphilis, Gardnerella And Other Bacilli

26. Bordetella

27. Brucella

28. Yersinia, Pasterurella, Francisella

29. Legionllaceae

30. Bacteroides, Fusobacterium And Other Gram-Negative Anaerobic Rods, Anaerobic Cocci, Identification Of Anaerobes

31. Clostridia Of Wound Infection

32. Enteropathogenic Clostridia And Clostridium Botulinum

33. Treponema; Serological Tests For Syphilis

34. Leptospira, Borrelia, Spirillum

35. Coxiella Burneteii And Other Medically Important Members Of The Family Rickettsiaceae

36. Mycoplasma Pneumoniae And Other Medically Important Members Of The Family Mycoplasmataceae

37. Chalydia

SECTION C: VIRUSES

38. Laboratory Diagnosis Of Virus Infections

39. Rapid Diagnosis Of Viral Infections

40. Cell And Virus Culture

SECTION D: FUNGI

41. Fungi

SECTION E: PROTOZOA

42. Protozoa

SECTION F: HELMINTHES

43. Helminthes

SECTION G: GENERAL METHODS

44. Immynofluorescence And Immunoelectronmicrioscopy: Some Selected Aspects Of Light And Electron Microscopy

45. Staining Methods

46. Sterilization And Disinfections In The Laboratory

47. Ph Measurements And Buffers, Oxidation Reduction Potentials, Suspension Fluids And Preparation Of Glassware

48. Centrifuges, Colorimeters And Bacterial Counts

49. Quantification In Microbiology

50. Management Of Experimental Animals

51. Examination Of Water, Milk, Food And Air

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Abbreviations And Conversion Factors

Appendix 2: Postal Regulations

Appendix 3: Addresses Of Manufacturers And Suppliers

Index